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Unit 3 Sets 1&2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allot | (V) To assign or distribute into shares or portions. |
| Amass | (V) To bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself; to come together, assemble. |
| Audacious | (adj) Bold, Adventurous, recklessly daring. |
| Comply | (V) To tried to a request or command. |
| Devoid | (adj) Not having or using, lacking. |
| Elite | (N) The choice part of a group of people or things; ( adj) superior |
| Grapple | (N) An iron hook to grab and hold; (V) To come to grips with, wrestle with, fight with. |
| Incapacitate | (V) To deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligible. |
| Instigate | (V) To urgent on; to stir up. |
| Longevity | (N) Long life, Long duration. |
| Myriad | (adj) in grete numbers; (N) a very great number. |
| Perspective | (N) A point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally; the appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place or distance. |
| Perturb | (V) To trouble, make uneasy; to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion. |
| Prodigious | (adj) Immense, extraordinary in bulk, size or degree. |
| Relevant | (adj) Connected with or related to the matter at hand. |
| Skittish | (adj) Extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable. |
| Tether | (N) A rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object; the outer limits of strength or resources; (V) To fasten with a rope or chain. |
| Unison | (N) A sounding together; agreement or accord. |
| Vie | (V) To complete; to strive for victory or superiority. |
| Willful | (adj) Stubborn self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate. |